Finances dictating college, career choices

No matter how many subjects they're acing, most college students these days find economics a grind. Tricky financial calculations influence everything from what school they attend and what major they choose to how quickly they finish their degrees - or whether they graduate at all.
Money problems, not bad grades, are the reason cited by most ...

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My wife is a retired chemistry professor who always said that eduction is the best business to be in because it is the only business were the customer comes in, buts their money on the barrel head and says: “Give me as little as possible to get my degree”.

It seems things haven’t changed in the 30+ years when I was in college. Back then, there were odd/even days for gas rationing, high unemployment (difficult to find any job), and interest rates much higher than today. But my classmates and I managed (with alot less than students have today), and most of us had to work in less than stellar jobs upon graduation. Believe me when I say it makes you stronger, and hungrier for striving to achieve greater accomplishments.